Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Carmenere 2021
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Deep violet red. An intense, pure Carmenère, packed with blueberries and wild berries. Floral hints like violets and a pinch of roast red pepper. Fruity and flavorful with delicious acidity, sweet, friendly tannins and a long, creamy finish.
Pairs with all types of red meat, mature cheese and typical Chilean cuisine.
Blend: 91.5% Carmenere, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2.5% Merlot
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James Suckling
Spicy nose with plenty of cumin and fennel. A mixture of red and black fruit with dark olives. Juicy and flavorful with a medium-bodied palate and long, silky tannins. Drink now.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Marques de Casa Concha Carmenere contains 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2.5% Merlot and was sourced from the classical zone for the grapes—Peumo in Cachapoal. They picked the grapes on normal dates (20th of May). It fermented in stainless steel with selected yeasts and matured in French oak barrels, 29% of them new, although 4% of the volume was in 5,000-liter Italian foudres for 12 months. It has 14% alcohol and kept a moderate pH of 3.6. The élevage was shorter and they reduced the new oak. The characteristic of this range is that the wines are textbook examples of the varieties and places and are quite homogeneous from vintage to vintage, here showing the freshness of the vintage, which is more delicate and with good tension. Best After 2023
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Founded in 1883, Vina Concha y Toro is Latin America's leading producer and occupies an outstanding position among the world’s most important wine companies, currently exporting to 135 countries worldwide. Uniquely, it owns around 9,500 hectares of prime vineyards, which allows the company to secure the highest quality grapes for its wine production. Concha y Toro's portfolio includes a wide range of successful brands at every price point, from the top of the range Don Melchor and Almaviva to the flagship brand Casillero del Diablo and innovative stand-alone brands such as Palo Alto and Maycas del Limarí. The company has 3,162 employees and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
Dark, full-bodied and herbaceous with a spicy kick, Carménère found great success with its move to Chile in the mid-19th century. However, the variety went a bit undercover until 1994 when many plantings previously thought to be Merlot, were profiled as Carménère. Somm Secret— Carménère is both a progeny and a great-grandchild of the similarly flavored Cabernet Franc.
Dramatic geographic and climatic changes from west to east make Chile an exciting frontier for wines of all styles. Chile’s entire western border is Pacific coastline, its center is composed of warm valleys and on its eastern border, are the soaring Andes Mountains.
Chile’s central valleys, sheltered by the costal ranges, and in some parts climbing the eastern slopes of the Andes, remain relatively warm and dry. The conditions are ideal for producing concentrated, full-bodied, aromatic reds rich in black and red fruits. The eponymous Aconcagua Valley—hot and dry—is home to intense red wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot.
The Maipo, Rapel, Curicó and Maule Valleys specialize in Cabernet and Bordeaux Blends as well as Carmenère, Chile’s unofficial signature grape.
Chilly breezes from the Antarctic Humboldt Current allow the coastal regions of Casablanca Valley and San Antonio Valley to focus on the cool climate loving varieties, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Chile’s Coquimbo region in the far north, containing the Elqui and Limari Valleys, historically focused solely on Pisco production. But here the minimal rainfall, intense sunlight and chilly ocean breezes allow success with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The up-and-coming southern regions of Bio Bio and Itata in the south make excellent Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Spanish settlers, Juan Jufre and Diego Garcia de Cáceres, most likely brought Vitis vinifera (Europe’s wine producing vine species) to the Central Valley of Chile sometime in the 1550s. One fun fact about Chile is that its natural geographical borders have allowed it to avoid phylloxera and as a result, vines are often planted on their own rootstock rather than grafted.